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package org.guicerecipes.jndi.internal;

/** @version $Revision: 1.1 $ */
public class Classes {

	/**
	 * Attempts to load the class of the given name from the thread context class loader first then the given class loader second
	 * 
	 * @param name the name of the class
	 * @param loader the class loader to use if the thread context class loader cannot find the class
	 * @return the class loaded
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class could not be found
	 */
	public static Class<?> loadClass(String name, ClassLoader loader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
		ClassLoader contextClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
		if (contextClassLoader != null) {
			try {
				return contextClassLoader.loadClass(name);
			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
				try {
					return loader.loadClass(name);
				} catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
					throw e;
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}
}
